10 video game weapons and characters that were just too good

Whether it was Call Of Duty’s Noob Tube or Marvel vs. Capcom’s Akuma, there was always that multiplayer choice that had you throwing down the controller in disgust and not talking to your cousin for at least 15 years. Here’s a selection of the most frustrating, weapons, character and vehicles in video game history…

1. RC-P90 – Goldeneye

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DE-DE-DE-DEH.

DE-DE-DE-DE-DE-DE-DE-DE-DE-DE-DE-DE-DE-DE-DEH.

This noise is probably horribly familiar to Goldeneye afficianados, the outrageously overpowered RC-P90 making deathmatches less a game of cat & mouse and more one of Instant Death.

With a huge magazine capacity and high fire rate, it quickly led to furious demands of a Pistols Only decider from whoever was on the receiving end.

2. Pikachu – Super Smash Bros

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N64 owners will fondly remember simple yet frenetic multiplayer games of Super Smash Bros, which were competitive and fair as long as Pikachu wasn’t in the mix.

Despite his cutesy Pokemon appearance, the primary-coloured vermin could easily send Samus or Captain Falcon flying off the screen with a well-timed lightning bolt from the sky, which struck players on all levels of the stage. The word ‘Pikaaaaa!’ still haunts me.

3. Noob Tube (rifle-mounted grenade launcher) – Call Of Duty

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What list of completely bloody infuriating weapons would be complete without the Noob Tube, which obliterated everything in its path while barely hurting the user.

The rifle-mounted grenade launcher created such snobbery in online multiplayer (‘A level 55 and he still uses the Noob Tube? Psssssh.’) that it led to trolls using it just to annoy others.

4. Purple Louie – Mega Bomberman

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Going back 20 years to 1993, the Purple Louie in Mega Bomberman fundamentally undermined a game about avoiding bomb blasts by allowing you to simply jump over them (way more effective than the pink ‘dancing’ Louie).

5. Hammer of Dawn – Gears of War

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This weapon fires a harmless laser, triangulates its position, beams the coordinates to an overhead, imulsion-powered satellite system before raining down a beam of energy that destroys everything in a small radius. So it has a few advantages over a rifle, then.

Instantly creating panicked cries as targets scramble to get out of the way, the Hammer of Dawn may be blatant and only functional outdoors, but boy is it effective.

6. Eddy Gordo – Tekken

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“Seriously, stop doing the spinning helicopter legs thing FFS!”

Eddy Gordo’s alarmingly acrobatic limbs have been a source of annoyance throughout the Tekken series, stopping you from getting within a metre of him without receiving a foot to the chops.

Also see: Paul Phoenix’s Burning Fist punch

7. Black Bull – F Zero X

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‘You’re way out in front!’

Of course you are, because you’re using Black Bull which despite its slow acceleration had a top speed that could induce seizures.

Its bulky size was also capable of destroying other ships with one shoulder barge, making Death Races no contest.

8. AWP – Counter-Strike

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The Arctic Warfare Police, orMagnum Sniper Rifle as it was previously known, is arguably the most powerful weapon in the Counter-Strike series.

With an ability to get a one-shot kill by shooting someone in the arm even, it made the lives of campers waiting for prey very easy indeed.

9. Adriano – Pro Evolution Soccer 6

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Given that he featured in the cover art for PES 6, you expected Adriano to be one of the characters with the highest stats on the game.

You didn’t expect god-like football skills however, with the Brazilian able to out-run pretty much everyone and score from anywhere on the pitch.

10. Akuma – Marvel vs. Capcom 3

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Described as ‘the bane of newbies and veterans alike’, Akuma’s moveset made him one of the toughest Street Fighter characters who dominated every game he appeared in.

Shin Akuma was his most powerful incarnation, who had a nasty habit of gohadoken-ing you into next Tuesday when he had one point of health left.

*This list is far from exhaustive, let us know what we’ve missed in the comments below and we’ll do our best to add them in*